Re: Akers in Texas

Heather, I know you didn't ask for any information on your Akers line but I thought I would write anyway just in case you need this.I found your ggrandparents Solomon and Mary Ann (Johnson) in a Grayson County Genealogy book that I own and it says Solomon's parents were Larkin Akers and Mary Ann (Elkins) who were married in Floyd County Kentucky and moved to Missouri where 3 of their 8 children were born including Solomon in 1859.They then moved to Texas in 1871.Solomon and his wife Mary Ann lived in a sod house on the prairie west of Wellington and his job of building windmills and towers took him through the panhandle frequently.He was also a deputy U.S. Marshall and a Denison grocer from 1917 (store located at 203 West Main in Denison, then later moved to 201) to his death in 1936.There is mention of a son named Carl and Carl's children but the other children of Solomon and Mary Ann are not named.Solomon and Mary Ann are buried in the family plot at Maple Grove Cemetery along with their son Carl who was a machine gunner in World War I andwho was cited for participation in seven major battles.--Carol